Boxes of apples being transferred aft on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while she is at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour.

Boxes of apples being transferred aft on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while she is at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour. The boxes of Hants & Borders Growers Ltd apples are being brought aboard on the port side amidships and are being passed aft by a chain of boy trainees. The apples were presented to the ship by Lord Wolmer, representing the Apple & Pear Development Council. The photographer is looking down and aft from the port side of the deckhouse roof. The Royal Corps of Transport Mark 8 tank landing craft Abbeville (1945) is at moorings in the background. A vertical format negative. Negatives numbers PM11725/11 to PM11730/37 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PM11725/12
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
Vessels: Sir Winston Churchill (1966); Abbeville (1945)
Date made: 13 October 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 117 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm